Title :
Wakefield acceleration of quasi-monoenergetic 200 MeV electrons in nitrogen and helium gas targets
Author :
Chen, Z.L. ; Tsui, Y.Y. ; Naseri, N. ; Rozmus, W. ; Fedosejevs, R.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada
Abstract :
Quasi-monoenergetic electron beams of energies over 200MeV with high flux are generated from both nitrogen and helium gas with a modest laser power of 6.5TW. 2D PIC simulations are in progress to compare to experiments.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Electron beams; Gas lasers; Helium; Laser modes; Nitrogen; Optical pulses; Plasma accelerators; Plasma simulation; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431185
